Organisation profile

Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.

Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.

Main research areas

Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.

Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.

Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.

We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.

Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.

Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.

With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.

Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses

In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.

  1. 2020
  2. Published

    Forschendes Lernen im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht: Begrifflichkeiten, Ausprägungen, Zielsetzungen

    Hofer, E. & Puddu, S., 2020, transfer Forschung - Schule: Forschendes Lernen. Eghtessad, A., Kosler, T. & Oberhauser, C. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, Vol. 6. p. 57-71 15 p. (transfer Forschung ↔Schule; no. 6).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Fragmentierung und lineare Lebensraumstrukturen - eine entomologische Perspektive

    Aßmann, T., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Drees, C., Finck, P., Grabener, S., Härdtle, W., Riecken, U. & Ullrich, K., 2020, Wildnis im Dialog : Aktuelle Beiträge zur Wildnisentwicklung in Deutschland von den Tagungen „Neue Chancen für mehr Wildnis“ vom 26. - 29. November 2018 an der Internationalen Naturschutzakademie (INA), Vilmund „Wildnis verbinden“ vom 08. - 12. Juli 2019 in Dresden. Meißner, A., Niebrügge, A., Schweiger, M., Wilczek, M., Finck, P., Heisterkamp, S. & Riecken, U. (eds.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 49-66 18 p. (BfN-Skripten; vol. 557).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Gase auf submikroskopischer Ebene untersuchen: Einbinden von Simulationen in den Chemieunterricht

    Stinken-Rösner, L. & Abels, S., 2020, In: Naturwissenschaft im Unterricht - Chemie. 31, 177, p. 47-51 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducation

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    Governing Objects from a Distance: Blockchains as Organizers of Environmentality

    Leistert, O., 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) Explorations in Digital Cultures. Burkhardt, M., Shnayien, M. & Grashöfer, K. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 5-20 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Green chemistry and its contribution to industrial biotechnology

    Pleissner, D. & Kümmerer, K., 2020, Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment in Industrial Biotechnology. Fröhling, M. & Hiete, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 281-298 18 p. (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology; vol. 173).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Heinrich Egon Weber (1932-2020)

    Haerdtle, W., Matzke-Hajek, G. & Pallas, J., 2020, In: Tuexenia. 40, p. 585-604 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Inklusive Unterrichtsgestaltung – Brüche und Brücken zwischen Sach- und Fachunterricht

    Abels, S., 2020, „Brüche und Brücken“ – Übergänge im Kontext des Sachunterrichts. Offen, S., Barth, M., Franz, U. & Michalik, K. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt, p. 17-26 10 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts; vol. 30).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsTransferpeer-review

  9. Published

    Integration von Nachhaltigkeit in das Controlling: Praxisleitfaden für Unternehmen 2020

    Nuzum, A.-K., Petersen, H., Lühn, M., Wenzig, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2020, 19 p.

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsResearch

  10. Published

    Landschaft als Prozess – Prozess als Konflikt

    Mölders, T. & Hofmeister, S., 2020, Landschaft als Prozess. Duttmann, R., Kühne, O. & Weber, F. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 493-511 19 p. (RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Merkmale gelungenen inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts in der Primar- und Sekundarstufe I: eine Interviewstudie mit Lehrkräften

    Sellin, K., Barth, M. & Abels, S., 2020, "Brüche und Brücken" - Übergänge im Kontext des Sachunterrichts. Offen, S., Barth, M., Franz, U. & Michalik, K. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt, p. 27-34 8 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts ; vol. 30).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review